warming

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W0031800 (wôrm)adj. warm·er, warm·est 1. Somewhat hotter than temperate; having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat; moderately hot: a warm climate.2. Having the natural heat of living beings: a warm body.3. Preserving or imparting heat: a warm jacket.4. Having or causing a sensation of unusually high body heat, as from exercise or hard work; overheated.5. Marked by enthusiasm; ardent: warm support.6. Characterized by liveliness, excitement, or disagreement; heated: a warm debate.7. Marked by or revealing friendliness or sincerity; cordial: warm greetings.8. Loving; passionate: a warm embrace.9. Excitable, impetuous, or quick to be aroused: a warm temper.10. Predominantly red or yellow in tone: a warm sunset.11. Recently made; fresh: a warm trail.12. Close to discovering, guessing, or finding something, as in certain games.13. Informal Uncomfortable because of danger or annoyance: Things are warm for the bookies.v. warmed, warm·ing, warms v.tr.1. To raise slightly in temperature; make warm: warmed the rolls a bit more; warm up the house.2. To make zealous or ardent; enliven.3. To fill with pleasant emotions: We were warmed by the sight of home.v.intr.1. To become warm: The rolls are warming in the oven.2. To become ardent, enthusiastic, or animated: began to warm to the subject.3. To become kindly disposed or friendly: She felt the audience warming to her.n. Informal A warming or heating.Phrasal Verb: warm up1. To prepare for an athletic event by exercising, stretching, or practicing for a short time beforehand.2. To make or become ready for an event or operation.3. To make more enthusiastic, excited, or animated.4. To approach a state of confrontation or violence.

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[Middle English, from Old English wearm.]

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warm′er n.warm′ish adj.warm′ly adv.warm′ness n.

warming

(ˈwɔːmɪŋ) adj (Cookery) having the effect of making people feel warmer

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	warming - the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperatureheatingboiling - the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gasglobal warming - an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)induction heating - the heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in itoverheating - excessive heatingradiant heating - heating a building by radiation from panels containing hot water or electrical heaterstemperature change - a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changesmelt, melting, thaw, thawing - the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
	2.	warming - warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw"thaw, thawingatmospheric condition, weather, weather condition, conditions - the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow"
Adj.	1.	warming - imparting heat; "a warming fire" warm - having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat; "a warm body"; "a warm room"; "a warm climate"; "a warm coat"
	2.	warming - producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient"calefacienthot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"

Translations

réchauffement